تحدث ثلاثي ريال مدريد، فيدي فالفيردي وإبراهيم دياز ولوكاس فاسكيز، عن مباراة الديربي المرتقبة ضد أتلتيكو مدريد.
ويستقبل ريال مدريد خصمه أتلتيكو مدريد غدًا السبت على ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو” في تمام الساعة العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت مصر، ضمن مباريات بطولة الدوري الإسباني “الليجا”.
ريال مدريد يتصدر ترتيب الدوري الإسباني متقدمًا بفارق نقطة عن الوصيف أتلتيكو مدريد.
وقال فالفيردي في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية: “فوزنا في الديربي سيكون مميزًا للغاية، أولًا بسبب أهمية المباراة نفسها، كل لاعب، سواء كان من ريال مدريد أو من أتلتيكو، دائمًا ما يريد الفوز بها، يتمنى، ويحلم بلعب مباراة بهذا المستوى!”.
وأضاف: “كل من أتلتيكو مدريد وبرشلونة يقدمان أداءً رائعًا، ولكننا نفكر في أنفسنا، وفي تقديم أفضل ما لدينا”.
وأكد فالفيردي: “الفوز سيمكننا من قطع خطوة كبيرة في الدوري الإسباني، وكل ما يتضمنه ذلك من حافز معنوي للفريق”.
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وتحدث إبراهيم دياز أيضًا عن المباراة ضد فريق دييجو سيميوني والضغوط الموجودة في ريال مدريد، وأفاد: “نعلم أن مباراة الديربي هي مباراة ديربي، إنها مباراة مهمة للغاية بسبب ما تمثله، والعاطفة التي تحملها، ومدى شدتها ومدى قوة الدوري الإسباني”.
وتابع دياز: “في ريال مدريد يُطلب منا أن نبذل قصارى جهدنا، لذلك سنحاول تقديم كل ما لدينا، كما هو الحال دائمًا، مع الميزة الإضافية المتمثلة في اللعب في البرنابيو”.
وعلّق لوكاس فاسكيز: “أعتقد أن المباريات في البرنابيو ضد أتلتيكو مدريد دائمًا ما تكون ممتعة للمشاهدة واللعب، الأجواء هنا مميزة للغاية، وأتمنى أن نشاهد يوم السبت مباراة رائعة ونفوز بهذا الديربي الصعب”.
Board finances report major dip in reserves after £100m shortfall in 2020
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Ian Watmore has a challenge to rebuild English cricket post-Covid•ECB/Getty Images
Ian Watmore, the ECB’s chairman, has announced his ambition to “help the game repair its Covid-inflicted wounds” via a business plan that will reduce the “unsustainable levels of debt” within English cricket.The ECB reported a drop in group reserves to £2.2 million – just over 1% of turnover, compared to a desired 40% – and a pre-tax loss of £16m for the year ending January 31, 2020 on Tuesday, following its annual general meeting.”Covid-19 has weakened the underlying financial health of the whole game – professional cricket in particular – leading to income falls, cash-flow squeezes, deferred investments, downsizing, an escalation in debt, all against an uncertain global and domestic economic backdrop,” Watmore wrote in his blog. “This has led to concerns of survival, stability and sustainability of many entities within the game, and hence the entire ‘eco-system’ of the game as we know it.”In its financial statements for 2020-21, the ECB confirmed that revenue losses amounted to “more than £100m compared to what had been expected to be received” and highlighted the postponement of the Hundred and the staging of biosecure international cricket as key factors.The ECB reported that overall group reserves were down to £2.2m, down from £17.1m last year and £73.1m in 2016. With turnover of £207m – a fall of £21m from the previous year – reserves are £80m below the desired level of 40%.Cost-cutting measures last year included stopping some planned investment, furloughing staff, and pay reductions, as well as reducing head count from 389 to 331 through a redundancy programme.Watmore also revealed his intention to “work with the game to create a business plan for cricket through modelling scenarios for the future” for the years 2022-31, when the next cycle of international cricket concludes.Related
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“This exercise will shine a light on where the major issues exist, and at what scale, and the game will consider options and ideas, from the simple to the more radical,” Watmore wrote. “The overall aim is to give the whole game a shared big picture over the long term, and the financial and business plan to help the game repair its Covid-inflicted wounds as it moves to a better, more sustainable future.”Watmore highlighted five areas: growing the grassroots game; ensuring “exciting and accessible cricket” is played in “modern and digitally connected” stadia; creating sustainable business models in the professional game; reducing and/or recapitalising the “unsustainable levels of debt”; and investing in “growth areas like the Hundred, the Blast, streaming and the women’s game”.Watmore’s plan is to model a “baseline” option before a July meeting between the ECB and its stakeholders, with “various ‘what-if’ analysis” due to be completed before an end-of-project assembly in November.”The financial challenges we face are significant, but I believe that by working through this together, we can find the right answers to ensure we have a sustainable business plan for the future and deliver on the ambition of growing the game,” he wrote.The ECB’s board also ratified the appointment of Baroness Valerie Amos as an independent non-executive director, succeeding Delia Bushell.
Rangers have now changed their mind on the future of their highest earner once more amid fan backlash, according to a fresh report, underlining the uncertainty surrounding Philippe Clement's squad this season.
Rangers start season slowly
After just four games in the Scottish Premiership, Rangers sit five points behind early pace setters Celtic and Aberdeen. The Glasgow giants drew their opening game in uninspiring fashion, and the points gap to their Old Firm rivals was extended as the gulf in class between the pair was made abundantly clear last weekend.
It summed up a torrid start to the season for Clement's side, who were also knocked out of the Champions League in controversial fashion after Jefte saw a questionable second yellow card against Dynamo Kyiv, who went on to score twice to knock out their Scottish opponents.
The international break has therefore arrived at a perfect time for Rangers, giving them a chance to regroup and seek improvement across the remainder of the campaign to prevent their early season slump turning into a season to forget.
But instead of a united front, the Gers have been back and forth over the future of club captain James Tavernier amid reported interest from Turkey, whose transfer window does not shut until Friday 13th September. Now, it appears that the club have done yet another U-turn on his future.
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Selling the club's captain outside of the transfer window with no way of signing a replacement until January never seemed like a smart move on the surface, yet that is precisely what Rangers were willing to do according to reports just last week, which claimed they had changed their minds from earlier this year.
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The defender, who is into the final two years of his £30,000 a week deal at Ibrox, has been the subject of interest from Turkish sides throughout the summer, but Rangers had previously rejected any offers
Just days after deciding to part ways with the Englishman though, it appears that the club have done yet another u-turn. That comes as Football Insider claim the Scots "will block an exit" this week, because "they have no opportunity to replace him". They add that Rangers have "responded to fan backlash" and have now insisted he is not for sale.
James Tavernier's impressive Rangers career
Appearances
467
Goals
125
Assists
131
Yellow Cards
52
That is set to be a different story in January, however, with the report adding that "a sale could be reconsidered in January if the right offer arrives".
The 32-year-old has played every minute of the season so far, grabbing two assists in four appearances, though he has been criticised for his defensive work despite his attacking returns.
“I wanted to attack Babar from the very first ball, bringing the ball in to him using the blind spot,” the seamer reveals
ESPNcricinfo staff16-Jun-2021
Wahab Riaz trapped Babar Azam lbw for a first-ball duck•Pakistan Super League
Peshawar Zalmi’s two new boys Hazratullah Zazai and Abrar Ahmed may have caught the eye in a statement-making thumping of champions Karachi Kings but the win was set up by a rare bout of new-ball swing. And pace.The example was set by captain Wahab Riaz with a searing first-over dismissal of Babar Azam before Sameen Gul picked up two in two in the third over – all three deliveries hooping big. Azam’s failure was a rare one for the Pakistan captain this season but so too was the method of Riaz’s success: a new-ball yorker, swinging in.”In Abu Dhabi, the ball swings a lot under lights and it’s not just for me but everyone who is bowling with pace,” Riaz told ESPNcricinfo. “The first three to four overs are crucial and that is where everyone is trying to extract maximum advantage given the dew later on. Mostly, teams have been struggling against the new ball and losing a bulk of wickets early.”With a new hard ball and pace, you will get everything if you bowl in right area. I had worked out a plan and wanted to attack Babar from the very first ball, bringing the ball in to him using the blind spot [the left-arm over angle creates]. But once the game goes on, after five overs or so, the swing is reduced and batsmen control back.”The good work of Riaz and Gul was built upon by Ahmed, playing for Zalmi for the first time this season and in only his fourth T20 game since his debut in the PSL four seasons ago. Ahmed is a rare breed for Pakistan: a finger-spinner who can bowl the carrom ball; his 3 for 14 were the first wickets he’s taken at this level. He had caused a flutter of excitement when he emerged in the 2016-17 season for the Karachi Kings – then coach Mickey Arthur saw him potentially as an answer to Pakistan’s middle-overs bowling – but back injuries have kept him out of the game until last year.The other new arrival, Zazai, then tore into the total, a remarkable 26-ball 63 on his PSL debut taking Zalmi to 99 in the ninth over, when he was dismissed. His fifty, off 17 balls, was the joint-fastest in the PSL. He took 21 off a Mohammad Amir over, and then 20 by himself off Aamer Yamin. The first six off the latter went outside the ground.”When my shots started coming off early on, I thought I need to cash in as it’s my day today,” Zazai said after the game. “I liked all the sixes I hit today but the first one off Aamer Yamin was probably my favourite.”The win took Zalmi to joint-second with the Lahore Qalandars, with some fresh impetus with Ahmed and Zazai in the squad now.
قال أحمد نبيل محلل أداء نادي الزمالك، إن لاعب الفريق يتطور بشكل مميز مع المدير الفني السويسري كريستيان جروس، خلال الفترة الحالية.
الزمالك كان قد واجه فاركو مساء اليوم الثلاثاء، ضمن مواجهات الجولة 13 من عمر منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز، حقق الفوز بهدف دون رد.
وقال نبيل خلال تصريحات عبر قناة “ًصدي البلد” لبرنامج “الماتش”: “أرى إن أداء محمد السيد لاعب الفريق مميز ويتطور مع جروس، وهو لاعب واعد”.
وأضاف: “أنا أشجع الزمالك منذ الصغر، وتواجدي الآن بمثابة حلم من أحلامي تحقق”.
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وواصل: “أشكر الكابتن أمير عزمي مجاهد، لأنه هو من طرح اسمي على جروس، وأشكر المدير الفني على منحه الفرصة لي، الناس تقبلتني وأنا أحاول العمل قدر الإمكان لنخرج بأفضل نتائج في ظل الظروف الصعبة التي يواجهها النادي”.
وأتم: “أنا أعمل على ما يطلبه مني جروس، كل فرصة يتم عملها يكون متفق عليها لا توجد فرصة تمر على سبيل الحظ، كرة هدف الفوز أمام فاركو من الكرة الثابتة اشتغلنا عليها، حتى وإن ارتطمت بلاعب الخصم، لكن مقصود أن تُلعب بهذه الطريقة لتشكل خطورة”.
Renato Gaúcho não é mais o treinador do Flamengo. O clube anunciou a saída do treinador após a perda do título da Libertadores para o Palmeiras. Apesar de ter tido alguns números positivos em sua passagem – principalmente no começo -, Gaúcho deixa a Gávea sem a conquista de nenhuma taça.
Renato assumiu o comando da equipe em julho deste ano, substituindo Rogério Ceni, que foi campeão brasileiro, carioca e da Supercopa do Brasil pelo clube. Foram 37 jogos à frente do time, com 24 vitórias conquistadas, 8 empates e somente 5 derrotas. Um aproveitamento de 72%, bem superior aos 59,3% de Ceni e os 64,1% do espanhol Domènec Torrent.
Os insucessos, no entanto, tiveram um grande impacto na temporada. Além de perder para o Palmeiras, que custou a taça continental, o time foi batido também pelo Athletico Paranaense, em pleno Maracanã, nas semifinais da Copa do Brasil. Duas derrotas e dois títulos perdidos.
Além disso, as derrotas para Internacional, Grêmio e Fluminense, todas no Rio de Janeiro, e os empates com América Mineiro, Chapecoense e Cuiabá, praticamente tiraram o time da briga pelo Campeonato Brasileiro.
RENATO GAÚCHO NO FLAMENGO
37 jogos 24 vitórias 8 empates 5 derrotas 72% de aproveitamento 87 gols pró (2,3 por jogo) 32 gols contra (0,86 por jogo)
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There are now whispers that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta could actually start a highly-rated 17-year-old starlet in the North London Derby this weekend.
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Their first game back from the international break could hardly be a tougher test, with a trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium awaiting an Arsenal side who are pretty short of numbers right now.
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Arteta will be without star player Declan Rice through suspension after the England international picked up two yellow cards in their last Premier League game against Brighton, and he won't be their only midfield absentee either.
Summer signing Mikel Merino has been sidelined by a shoulder injury, and may not feature for Arsenal until after the October international break. The Spaniard fractured his deltoid after a collision with Gabriel Magalhaes in training at London Colney, with Merino now forced to wait for his full Gunners debut after joining from Real Sociedad.
Arsenal's next five Premier League games
Date
Tottenham (away)
September 15
Man City (away)
September 22
Leicester City (home)
September 28
Southampton (home)
October 5
Bournemouth (away)
October 19
Fellow new recruit Riccardo Calafiori is a doubt for Arsenal's next game too, after the Italy international sustained a calf injury on international duty against France. The biggest worry of all, though, revolves around club captain Martin Odegaard.
Odegaard looks certain to miss the Tottenham game after he twisted his ankle in Norway's 2-1 win over Austria on Monday, with supporters now waiting for official confirmation on the severity of his injury.
This series of hammer blows means Arteta is planning to drop Kai Havertz back into midfield, despite the German shining in a makeshift centre-forward role. It is believed Raheem Sterling could make his Arsenal debut this weekend in a false-nine role, but the good news for Arteta is that Gabriel Jesus could be available to play against Tottenham following his comeback from fitness issues.
Arteta could start Arsenal teenager Ethan Nwaneri against Tottenham
As Arteta ponders how best to set up his team in one of their biggest games of the season, BBC journalist Mark Chapman has now shared rumours he's heard that Arsenal could start teenage talent Ethan Nwaneri against Tottenham on Sunday, which would come as a bold move.
“They have some issues in midfield Arsenal, Declan Rice is suspended, Martin Odegaard picked up an injury during the week, their signing in the summer, Merino is already injured. So there are these rumours that they may start a 17-year-old, Ethan Nwaneri," said Chapman on the BBC Planet Premier League Podcast, relayed by Caught Offside.
The 17-year-old has played in two Premier League games, first making his debut with a one-minute cameo against Brentford two years ago. Since then, Arteta has handed him the nod on just one other occasion – with the attacker playing 13 minutes during Arsenal's thumping 6-0 win at West Ham last campaign.
Following Emile Smith Rowe's £35 million move to Fulham in the summer, journalist Charles Watts has tipped Arsenal to play Nwaneri far more often.
Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri
“Ethan Nwaneri is someone Arsenal fans will have been aware of for some time now and he really caught the eye for England Under-17s at this summer’s European Championships,” Watts said to CaughtOffside.
“So what next for the latest homegrown wonderkid to come out of Hale End? I think we’ll see Nwaneri stay at Arsenal next season and become more of a fixture in the first-team. I can’t see him being a regular, but I think we’ll see Mikel Arteta start to give him some minutes to ensure he continues to develop at the rate that Arsenal want him to.
“There are certain players that you look at and think that they can skip going out on loan and move straight into the first-team picture. Bukayo Saka was one and I think Nwaneri is another.
“If Smith Rowe goes, it could be the perfect chance to promote Nwaneri. He’s such a talent and it’s really important that Arsenal leave him a pathway to continue to develop."
O atacante Moisés se diz aliviado após marcar o gol que garantiu a vitória da Ponte Preta, no último sábado (20), contra o Confiança e livrar o clube do rebaixamento à Série C. Artilheiro da Macaca na temporada, o jogador chegou a 13 gols e fala sobre ter marcado o seu gol mais importante do ano.
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– Foi um ano muito difícil para todos nós do time e sabíamos que uma queda para Série C seria complicado. A Ponte Preta é um clube grande, camisa pesada e não merecia cair, e muito menos, estar brigando para não cair. Então, aquele gol foi um sentimento de alívio. Para mim foi o mais importante da temporada, pois consegui ajudar a equipe a se livrar de vez do rebaixamento – afirmou.
Após ficar 14 jogos sem marcar, Moisés voltou a balançar as redes contra Londrina e Confiança, respectivamente. O atacante comemora ter reencontrado o caminho do gol, ainda mais em um momento decisivo da equipe na reta final da Série B.
– Para um atacante é muito difícil ficar muitas rodadas sem balançar as redes, mas continuei trabalhando e com muita fé acreditei que o gol viria e, graças a Deus, veio no momento certo. Ele proporcionou esse momento e me abençoou com os gols no momento mais difícil.
Agora, a Ponte Preta cumpre tabela contra o Coritiba, nesta sexta-feira (26), às 19h (de Brasília), pela última rodada da Série B do Brasileirão. O atacante Moisés faz um balanço de 2021 e, apesar dos bons números individuais, lamenta que a equipe não tenha atingido os objetivos da temporada.
Minha temporada foi de altos e baixos, mas acredito que consegui mostrar uma evolução de 2020 para 21. São 13 gols na temporada e acredito que fiz um bom ano individualmente, apesar de que infelizmente não conseguimos atingir os objetivos da equipe. Mas fica a expectativa para que 2022 seja melhor.
كشف نادر السيد، عضو اللجنة الفنية بنادي الزمالك، عن رأيه في اللاعب صلاح مصدق الذي انضم حديثاً إلى صفوف القلعة البيضاء، مشيراً إلى أنه كان يوجد رغبى لضم الحسن كروما لاعب الشحانية القطري.
وقال نادر السيد في تصريحات عبر إذاعة “أون تايم سبورتس إف إم”: “لا نحتاج عندما نُبدي آرائنا لصالح نادي الزمالك أن نحصل على ختم، كل الناس تتعاون على المستوى المالي والفني لصالح القلعة البيضاء، اللجنة محددة المدة لمساعدة النادي وليست موجودة دائمًا، اللجنة كانت مسؤولة عن التعاقد مع الأجانب، عمرو الجنايني ورجال الأعمال مسؤولين عن الأمور المالية، واللجنة مسؤولة عن اختيار اللاعبين، وأولًا وأخيرًا القرار يعود لمجلس إدارة الزمالك، اللجنة تطوعية، ولم يحدث أي شيء إلا بموافقة الكابتن حسين لبيب”.
وبسؤاله عن صلاح مصدق وأحمد الجفالي، أفاد: “هو ليس طفرة، نحن نقيم اللاعب على مدار الموسم، وبالنسبة للجفالي فتم ترشيح اللاعب من بعض الوكلاء، كنا نبحث عن لاعب جناح وشاهدنا كثيرين من بينهم أحمد، ووجدنا أن اللاعب على المستوى الحالي والبعيد سيكون جيدًا، سألنا عليه كل أصدقائنا من بينهم زبير بيه، وقال إنه لاعب جيد، وراضي الجعايدي وخالد بدره أشادا به أيضًا، نحن نتعاقد مع لاعبين وفقًا للظروف الفنية والإمكانيات المالية”.
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وتابع: “هناك لاعب من اللاعبين المميزين وهو الحسن كروما لاعب الشحانية القطري كان سينضم للزمالك”.
وفيما يخص تصريحات هيثم فاروق عن اللاعب قال: “إحترامي الكامل لهيثم فاروق لكن كان شيء غريب إن واحد عضو من أعضاء اللجنة ويقول رأيه على السوشيال ميديا، هل كلنا مجتمعين على لاعب؟ بالتأكيد لا، ولكن الغالبية يكونوا مجتمعين، ولكن كلنا نكون مساندين لبعض”.
وبسؤاله لماذا لم يقل هيثم فاروق هذا الأمر داخل اللجنة بدلًا من السوشيال ميديا؟ أجاب: “لا بل على العكس، هيثم كان يقول عليه لاعبا جيدا، لا أعرف لماذا كتب ذلك؟، وحتى لو كان له رأي مخالف لماذا يضعه على السوشيال ميديا ما هي الفائدة؟ اللاعب كان جيدًا جدًا وكنا مقتنعين به، لكن الصفقة توقفت بسبب الأمور المالية، وكان هناك تعاون كبير مع نادي الشحانية، وناديه كان متمسكا به، لكن ناد بقيمة الزمالك عندما يتكلم على لاعب في الشحانية، فهذا الشيء يضيف للنادي، كان هناك تعاون كبير وكانوا مقدرين الزمالك جدًا، وليس معقولا أو من المهين جدًا أن نُغير قراراتنا بسبب تويتة على السوشيال ميديا”.
South Africa fast bowler becomes latest international player to withdraw
George Dobell and Matt Roller15-Jun-2021
Kagiso Rabada in action for Delhi Capitals at the IPL•BCCI
The Hundred is set to lose more big-name players as the competition battles to compete with international schedules and bubble fatigue. Days after it emerged that David Warner, Marcus Stoinis and Sophie Devine had pulled out, ESPNcricinfo understands that Kagiso Rabada is also withdrawing.Rabada, the South Africa fast bowler who had signed for Manchester Originals, is currently involved in a Test series in the Caribbean. The team is then scheduled to play six limited-overs matches (three T20Is and three ODIs) in Ireland in a tour that finishes on July 25, the same day as Manchester Originals’ first home fixture.Related
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While he would then potentially have a few weeks before his next assignment, it is understood Rabada is opting for a break instead of appearing in the Hundred, for which he had been drafted in the £100,000 (US$140,000) bracket.Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand fast bowler, is to join Manchester Originals as Rabada’s replacement.An ECB spokesperson said: “We are thrilled to welcome a player of the quality of Lockie Ferguson to The Hundred. It’s sad news that Kagiso will not take part this year but the schedule and challenges around international travel due to Covid remain an issue for some overseas players.”The tournament has had some encouraging news, though. While the new government timetable for the lifting of Covid-related restrictions is a blow to the county game – it means that the T20 Blast programme will not offer its usual financial windfall – it might work to the advantage of the Hundred. The tournament starts on July 21, just two days after the anticipated release of restrictions on July 19.